Wiccan Rede

BIDE YOU THE WICCAN LAWS YOU MUST, IN PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECT TRUST.

LIVE AND LET LIVE, FAIRLY TAKE AND FAIRLY GIVE.

CAST THE CIRCLE THRICE ABOUT, TO KEEP THE UNWELCOME SPIRITS OUT.

TO BIND THE SPELL EVERY TIME, LET THE SPELL BE SPAKE IN RHYME. SOFT OF EYE AND LIGHT OF TOUCH, SPEAK LITTLE AND LISTEN MUCH.

SOFT OF EYE AND LIGHT OF TOUCH, SPEAK LITTLE AND LISTEN MUCH.

DEOSIL GO BY THE WAXING MOON, CHANTING OUT THE WICCAN RUNE. WIDDERSHINS GO BY THE WANING MOON, CHANTING OUT THE BALEFUL TUNE.

WIDDERSHINS GO BY THE WANING MOON, CHANTING OUT THE BALEFUL TUNE.

WHEN THE LADY’S MOON IS NEW, KISS YOUR HAND TO HER TIMES TWO. WHEN THE MOON RIDES AT HER PEAK, THEN THE HEART’S DESIRE SEEK.

WHEN THE MOON RIDES AT HER PEAK, THEN THE HEART’S DESIRE SEEK.

HEED THE NORTH WIND’S MIGHTILY GALE, LOCK THE DOOR AND TRIM THE SAIL.

WHEN THE WIND COMES FROM THE SOUTH, LOVE WILL KISS YOU ON THE MOUTH. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE WEST, DEPARTED SPIRITS WILL HAVE NO REST.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE WEST, DEPARTED SPIRITS WILL HAVE NO REST.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE EAST, EXPECT THE NEW AND SET THE FEAST. NINE WOODS IN THE CAULDRON GO, BURN THEM QUICK AND BURN THEM SLOW.

NINE WOODS IN THE CAULDRON GO, BURN THEM QUICK AND BURN THEM SLOW.

ELDER BE THE LADY’S TREE, BURN IT NOT, OR CURSED YOU’LL BE. WHEN THE WHEEL BEGINS TO TURN, LET THE BELTANE FIRE BURN.

WHEN THE WHEEL BEGINS TO TURN, LET THE BELTANE FIRE BURN.

WHEN THE WHEEL HAS TURNED TO YULE, LIGHT THE LOG, THE HORNED ONE RULES. HEED YOU FLOWER, BUSH, AND TREE, BY THE LADY, BLESSED BE.

HEED YOU FLOWER, BUSH, AND TREE, BY THE LADY, BLESSED BE.

WHERE THE RIPPLING WATERS GO, CAST A STONE, THE TRUTH TO KNOW. WHEN YOU HAVE AND HOLD A NEED, HARKEN NOT TO OTHERS GREED.

WHEN YOU HAVE AND HOLD A NEED, HARKEN NOT TO OTHERS GREED.

WITH A FOOL NO SEASONS SPEND OR BE COUNTED AS HIS FRIEND. MERRY MEET AND MERRY PART, BRIGHT THE CHEEKS, AND WARM THE HEART.

MERRY MEET AND MERRY PART, BRIGHT THE CHEEKS AND WARM THE HEART.

MIND THE THREEFOLD LAW YOU SHOULD, THREE TIMES BAD AND THREE TIMES GOOD. WHEN MISFORTUNE IS NOW, WEAR THE BLUE STAR ON YOUR BROW.

WHEN MISFORTUNE IS NOW, WEAR THE BLUE STAR ON YOUR BROW.

TRUE IN LOVE YOU MUST EVER BE, LEST THEIR LOVE BE FALSE TO THEE.

THESE WORDS THE WICCAN REDE FULFILL AN IT HARM NONE, DO WHAT YOU WILL.

 

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